Method of resurfacing valve seats



Oct. 27, 1936. E. OMALLEY 2,058,715

METHOD OF RESURFACING VALVE SEATS I Original Filed April 25, 1934 Patented Oct. 27, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE METHOD OF RESURFACING VALVE SEATS Edward OMalley, Chicago, Ill., assignor of onethird' to James G. McNeil and one-third to Edward W. OMalley, both of Chicago, Ill.

5, 1935, Serial No. 9,446

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in methods of resurfacing valve seats and this application is a division of this applicants co-pending application, Serial No. 722,224, filed April 25, 1934, issued as Patent No. 2,011,688 on August 20, 1935.

It is an object of this invention to provide a simple, easy and effective method of resurfacing of the seats of valves worn by constant use. This improved method is disclosed in said parent application in connection with a particular tool provided for this purpose, and while other tools may be employed, the operation of this method is demonstrated herein, as shown upon the accompanying sheet of drawing in connection with the tool claimed in said parent application.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view partly in longitudinal, vertical, central section through a bonnet valve, illustrating in elevation the resurfacing tool in elevation in the position assumed at the beginning of the first step in carrying out this improved method.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the parts at the end of the first step.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view of Figure 1, illustrating the beginning of the second step.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the end of the second step.

Figure 1 illustrates a preferred tool which may be employed in carrying out this invention, which includes a reamer spindle l threaded throughout except where the upper end is tapered to be centrally received and engaged by an operating handle 2 and with a plurality of combined reaming and centering elements 3, 3 and jam nuts 4 threaded thereon.

Each combined reaming and centering elements 3 and 3' is preferably formed of hardened steel axially drilled and tapped to fit over the threaded spindle i and includes a conical smooth centering surfaces 5 and 5' departing from the spindle at an angle, substantially 45, and terminating in narrow cylindrical knurled surfaces 6 and 6 with conical reaming surfaces l and l departing from the other side thereof to meet the threaded spindle l at an angle thereto, preferably at an angle of substantially 30 to the spindle axis. The reaming surfaces 7 and l are preferably knurled or milled. To accommodate this tool to valve seats of different sizes a plurality of combined reaming and centering elements 3 and 3' are provided in which the diameter of the cylindrical surfaces 6 and 6 are graduated whereby the element having reaming surfaces of proper size may be selected to reseat the desired valve.

In the operation of the improved tool, the combined reaming and centering elements are employed in pairs secured in their adjusted position by the cam nuts 4. It is preferable to provide the opposite flat surfaces of the jam nuts 4 about the bore with a conical recess 8 to receive and bear against the conical surface of the element 3 when engaged therewith.

The figures illustrate a commercial globe valve in which the seat 9 is provided in the diaphragm In of the casing H, which mounts the usual threaded bonnet I2 and threaded packing nut, not shown.

The bodies I! and bonnets l2 of valves of this type are of cast metal and therefore the edges of the openings therethrough are rough and of uneven contour, and this is especially true in bonnets provided with a threaded aperture for operatively receiving a threaded valve stem. This type is illustrated by the bonnet H and such bonnets are customarily provided with deep rectangular threads l3, as shown in Figure l, which form an oblong curved or elliptical opening M upon the interior of the bonnet so that upon the application, of a reaming or seat resurfacing tool having a conical guide to engage the interior bonnet aperture for centering the tool upon the application of force will cause the conical guide to up set the edges of the rectangular threads !3 about the opening to such an extent that the valve stem may not be replaceable therein. Therefore, in preforming the steps of this method, the guiding surface 5 of the lower element 3 is arranged to bear upon the valve seat 9 and the reaming surface I of the upper element to bear upon the bonnet. The bonnet with the valve stem and packing nut is removed from the casing H, the valve stem and. packing nut removed from the bonnet, the tool with the elements as above described inserted, and the bonnet it. placed over the spindle I and partially threaded upon the casing H with the smooth conical surface 5 of the lower element 3 centered upon the valve seat and the reaming surface 6 of the upper element engaging the bonnet opening I4, as shown in Figure 1. As the tool is rotated the body of the bonnet about the opening I4 is fed upon the reaming surface I of the upper element 3 by the threading of the bonnet l2 upon the casing H until a satisfactory guiding surface has been produced, as shown in Figure 2. This completes the first step of this improved method. The bonnet i2 is then removed from the casing and from the tool.

The elements 3 and 3 are removed from the spindle l and after turning the elements 3 and 3 to reverse the relation of their conical surfaces are replaced and secured by the jam nuts 4 upon the spindle l and the bonnet I2 again placed over the spindle With the elements 3 and 3 within the casing l I and the bonnet partially threaded thereon to cause the reaming surface I of the lower element 3 to contact the valve seat 9 with the smooth conical surface 5' of the upper element 3 received in and guided by the reamed conical recess l5, formed by the first step, about the bore of the bonnet l2, as shown in Figure 3, and the spindle l rotated by the handle 2 to resurface the valve seat, as at l6. During this operation, the reamer is fed upon the valve seat by further threading of the bonnet [2 upon the casing II.

From the foregoing, it is seen that this improved method of resurfacing valve seats provides a true centering surface in the bonnet for the resurfacing tool preparatory to resurfacing the valve seat and thereby insures the provision of a true resurfaced valve seat. While this method is illustrated in connection with a bonnet valve, it may be applied to faucets or other types of valves Without departing from the scope thereof.

What I claim is:

1. The method of resurfacing the seats of valves having a detachable part provided with a threaded aperture to receive a valve stem consisting in reaming a guiding surface upon the interior of the detachable part about and concentric to the threaded valve stem aperture and then reaming the valve seat employing the guiding surface first provided to center the seat reamer.

2. The method disclosed in claim 1 which includes the utilization of the valve seat to center the reaming of the said guiding surface.

3. The method of resurfacing the seats of valves having a removable bonnet provided with a threaded aperture receiving a valve stem consisting in removing the bonnet from the valve casing and. the valve stem from the bonnet, substituting a reaming spindle for the valve stem, replacing the bonnet, guiding and centering the bottom of the spindle in the valve seat and reaming a central guiding surface upon the interior and about the valve stem receiving aperture, removing the bonnet and reaming devices, reversing said devices upon the spindle, replacing the bonnet and with the spindle guided and centered in the surface reamed in the bonnet reaming the valve seat to resurface it.

EDWARD OMALLEY. 

